Ruby Braff and Dick Hyman: America, The Beautiful

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Ruby Braff - cornet,
Dick Hyman - Wurlitzer Theatre Organ

Through the courtesy of George Wein we are able to bring you this remastered edition of America, The Beautiful, which contains all 10 tracks from the original Concord release plus 7 tracks never before released or available to the public.

"Ruby is one of those few people who could solo with a pipe organ, who could improvise with such an unusual instrumental background. It requires a very special ability—flexibility, ingenuity, and invention. Ruby, of course, is his own man. Like his idol, Louis Armstrong, he commands the center of attention, even if the background is something as odd as a theatre organ. The tonal colors of a pipe organ are its great glory. I love the rustling string sound and spatial character of the solo elements. Above all, I'm stimulated by being able to orchestrate on the spot. And once you launch into a bright swinging tempo with the instrument sounding perhaps a beat behind the fingers, the sensation is like leading a herd of galloping elephants. You don«t dare look back." —Dick Hyman

Selections:
When It's Sleepy Time Down South, When My Sugar Walks Down The Street, When I Fall In Love, As Long As I Live, America The Beautiful, Louisiana, High Society, I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time, I Ain't Got Nobody, This Is All I Ask, The Yankee Doodle Boy, If Dreams Come True, I'm Confessin' That I Love You, I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face, Dinah, Don't Get Around Much Anymore, I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart, Muskrat Ramble